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John, aka Santa, that is so funny! What a great story, though. :tongue2: Elaine -- size 10 --woohoo!! That is awesome!! :w00t: I hope to eventually get to that size.

Erin Marie, your post made me smile. :thumbup: Aren't all those things great??!! :tongue2: AWESOME, OTW! :w00t:

Wow, you all have done wonderful! I lost 4 lbs. myself this week, which really surprised me, considering I had to get a slight unfill on Monday. I've reached 90 lbs. lost and am so excited! I need to go buy new jeans, too -- hopefully size 12! :w00t:

Mmmm... now I want some of those chips with hummus!! That's one of my all-time favorites -- hummus. I'm with you jollygreen, I could eat a whole big container. Lately I've been finding more "food flops" than "food finds." lol I can definitely save you money by telling you to stay away from Walden Farms whipped peanut spread. It has no calories, fat, carbs, gluten, or sugar. Now why in the world did I think it would taste ok? If it has none of that, what is it made of? Plastic? Sure tastes like it. :tongue2: lol

Congratulations! I hope to be where you are very soon! :smile: You look fantastic!!! :tongue:

OTW, I love that story about your son's comment! LOL:tongue: And isn't it wonderful to go clothes shopping now? :smile:

Hey, all, it's time for more NSVs! Especially if you're feeling down after the holidays. Good time to remember the non-scale victories. I went to have a medical test done recently and the nurse gave me a regular size gown! I was so happy!! :frown: I always hated how the nurses would look me up and down, then go to the other shelf to get the big gowns. And then, even worse, if the big gowns didn't close... ooh. Also! I have very fat hands and big fingers (look at Rosie O'Donnell's hands, and those are mine), but I can now see the bones in my hands!!! For years, if I made a fist, my knuckles didn't stand out. Now I can see them again! Wheee! :frown: This is a very big thing for me, because I got teased about it when I was in grade school, and it always stuck with me. So... let's hear some of your good news!

Hey, Sarah, glad to see you! :smile: I got some turkey stuck right away on Thanksgiving :frown: and for the rest of the weekend, everything I ate got stuck. This morning I woke up with reflux, so I called my PA, and she squeezed me in with the surgeon for an unfill. :frown: He wanted to take out .5 cc, but I convinced him that I wasn't vomiting, just very uncomfortable with everything I ate, so he only took .25cc. I hope that does the trick. Ugh!!! This is the second unfill I've had to have because of food getting stuck and causing swelling. This is no fun! And I'm angry that I let it happen. When will I ever learn???! I hope I don't lose a month of progress this time like I did with the last stuck experience. That should have taught me! But, we are quick to forget when we are hungry that we need to eat teeny tiny bites all the time. I hope your Thanksgiving meal went down better than mine.

Wow, mamadot, our pouch is the size of a walnut? Really? Yikes. I had no idea! :Yawn:

I'm thrilled to have lost 2.5 lbs this week! Congratulations to everyone on getting through Thanksgiving, loss or no loss! And I think it's great that we can all come here and discuss our week, or like Sassysara said, "confess" to things. lol :Yawn:

Glad to hear that you are okay! Be sure to keep drinking that water. :thumbup: We can't having you fainting on us all the time.

I just came across this and thought you might find this interesting: The 10 Most Common Mistakes WLS Patients Make Vitamins, supplements, or Minerals 2nd Mistake: Assuming You Have Been Cured of Your Obesity 3rd Mistake: Drinking with Meals 4th Mistake: Not Eating Right 5th Mistake: Not Drinking Enough Water 6th Mistake: Grazing 7th Mistake: Not Exercising Regularly 8th Mistake: Eating the Wrong Carbs (or Eating Too Much) 9th Mistake: Going Back to Drinking Soda (soft drink) 10th Mistake: Drinking Excessive Alcohol For anyone wanting to read the mistakes in full detail; the National (America) Association for Weight Loss Surgery website address. The 10 Most Common Mistakes Weight Loss Surgery Patients Make I know I've been guilty of some of these from time to time. I think I need to print this out! :thumbup:

Elaine, congratulations! You are so close to goal now! Way to go! :biggrin::biggrin:

If it helps, my PA said she got it from the Realize rep at a conference. But she said the rep comes into the office also, and she was going to ask the rep for more. I'd like one myself!

That is awesome, Aubrey! Congratulations and happy bandaversary! :thumbup: My surgeon and PA always told me, this is a 2 to 3 year journey, not a quick fix. You are doing fabulously! Keep up the great work!

That is wonderful news, On the Way! Yippeee! I was just wondering how you were. Thanks for checking in. Keep up the great work! :thumbup:

At my last support group, my PA showed me a rubber replica of a band that was at approximately 80% restriction. It was amazing to see how small the little hole was for the food to go through! I could just get the tip of my pinkie finger into it. Take a second to look down at the top of your pinkie (or, men, look at an average woman's pinkie finger) and see how small the circumference is. That is how much room there is for food to pass through your top pouch to your bottom stomach. No wonder food gets stuck so easily!! And the height of the band was probably just shy of an inch long, so that means the whole stoma is this very tiny narrow tube that can so easily get plugged up with a bite or two of chicken and other problem foods. It was very enlightening... more so than just seeing a band wrapped around a stomach, like the doc showed me before I had surgery. Made me realize that I need to cut my food even smaller and chew even more! :bored:

And it's true what John said about .25 or .5 cc's making a difference. You might need to go down just a teeny tiny amount to get rid of that "clogged drain" feeling. I had to, and it made all the difference in the world. Don't be afraid to ask for an unfill. If you are having any acid reflux, definitely call your doctor because that is a red flag of being too tight. Getting overfilled will not help you lose weight faster. It can actually set you back. That's what happened to me. I lost a whole month of progress because I was overfilled, had to get unfilled, and then had to wait for the swelling to go down (from being overfilled). So, the longer you go overfilled, the more swelling can happen. Good luck! :bored:

I lost 2 lbs. this week. Definitely feel like my weight loss is slowing down, even though I believe I am close to my sweet spot. Isn't that funny? I thought I would lose more once I got the right restriction. Oh, well. Just going with the flow... and happy for every pound lost! :) Keep up the great work, Mayo Banditos, and don't worry too much about Thanksgiving. It's just another day! Relax and enjoy. :bored:

Linda, you do look great! Love the new profile pic. :scared2: Carrie, way to go, losing 3 lbs. in one week. That is awesome! :confused:

Congratulations, untfluter, carriemc, and Mamadot! You have all done so well! :confused: Keep up the great work!! :scared2:

I agree with 2FlyGuys above. But it's all a personal decision. I think you can probably find a doctor who would be willing to do the LB... but most of all, do not give up!! Congratulations on taking charge of your health. That is awesome!!! :redface::biggrin::smile2:

:redface: Thanks for a great laugh!! Fireman, I almost drank out of my uncle's spit cup when I was a little girl. Thought it was soda from afar. ewwww....

Congrats, Bigpapa! :redface: I see that it's been almost a year since you originally posted this. Would love to hear how you are doing now. Could use some encouragement because I'm feeling the same sorta things you were feeling! Thanks!

Wow, that is awesome -- to lose while in Vegas with all those buffets around? wow. Congrats! :wink2: